Shudder, AMC Networks’ SVoD service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has announced the acquisition of The Amusement Park for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The Amusement Park, the formerly lost film from independent filmmaker and genre cinema icon George A. Romero, will stream for the first time in history this […]
Entertainment One (eOne), Hasbro’s entertainment studio, has announced that the all-new computer animated feature film based on the iconic My Little Pony franchise will premiere on Netflix in autumn of this year. The movie wil be followed by an all new My Little Pony G5 series. Animated by Hasbro’s Boulder Studio in Dublin, Ireland, the […]
Short form video entertainment network ShortsTV has formed its first partnership with a major mobile network operator which will see it offer the ShortsTV video-on-demand service to Airtel’s 340 million subscribers in India to watch on mobiles or TVs through Airtel Xstream. ShortsTV through Airtel Xstream has launched an expansive catalogue of quality short movies […]
More and more shows and movies available on TV platforms are being prominently branded as ‘original’. The Evolution of Video Branding study from Hub Entertainment Research explores what consumers assume about such content and how the term influences viewing decisions. Highlights from the study:
Extreme E, the all-electric off-road racing series, has confirmed Sky Deutschland will broadcast the championship’s X Prixs, highlights and magazine shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in both German and English. Ali Russell, Chief Marketing Officer at Extreme E, said: “Germany is a key market for us and I’m delighted Sky Germany has joined our […]
With the first races in its seventh season just days away, Formula E and Discovery have extended their media partnership to show the all-electric racing series live across Europe. Discovery will utilise its extensive range of free-to-air, pay-tv and digital platforms to support the growth of Formula E, whose shareholders include Liberty Global and Discovery […]
Cross-platform media evaluation specialist Comscore has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on its ‘System and Method for Analyzing the Effectiveness of Content Advertisements’. This covers Comscore’s process of determining the effectiveness of Connected TV (CTV), over-the-top (OTT) and other video advertisements by correlating exposure to presented advertisements with […]
Telecom Italia has reached an agreement with DAZN to provide backing in its bid to obtain the TV rights to Italian Serie A football for the 2021-2024 seasons. The deal, subject to conditions, would see Telecom Italia providing distribution and technological support to the streaming platform, in addition to around €1 billion in financing, according […]
YouTube Originals has announced the premiere of a new animated series, Super Sema, the pick-ups of eight new shows including Book Tube Jr, The Eggventurers, The Guava Juice Show, Kid Correspondent, Lottie Dottie Mini, Millie and Lou, Supa Strikas: Rookie Season, and The Workout Badges, plus twenty-five projects in development. This new global slate is […]
Gareth Evans, the writer and director of the likes of The Raid and Gangs of London, has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix to produce and direct films for the studio for the next several years. Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, will be the first feature under the new creative partnership. The movie will tell the […]